Not obvious or readily understood; difficult to decide or settle; demanding close consideration; †intricate (obsolete).

Of a situation, condition, etc.: complicated, confused, involved. Of language, an account, etc.: causing confusion, difficulty, or doubt because…

= perplexed, adj. 2.

Entangling, perplexing; entangled, intricately involved.

Involved, intricate. Obsolete.

Having or characterized by a labyrinthine structure; forming or formed into a labyrinth; complex, intricate.

Made complex; complex, complicated, intricately involved.

figurative. Knit together as with knots; formed like network; entangled, intricate.

Consisting of an intimate combination of parts or elements not easy to unravel or separate; involved, intricate, confused.

Complicated. Obsolete. rare.

with the additional notion of Intricate, involved, difficult to analyse or unravel.

esp. Consisting of parts or elements not simply co-ordinated, but some of them involved in various degrees of subordination; complicated, involved…

Reminiscent of the manner, style, or spirit of Byzantine politics; intricate, complicated; inflexible, rigid, unyielding.